/sci/ - Science & Math

>>3947618
The time (and one of the main kicks in the ass to get it started):
http://www.theage.com.au/technology/sci-tech/drugs-may-let-us-live-to-150-20111016-1lrm5.html
http://www.hplusmagazine.com/articles/forever-young/manhattan-beach-project-end-aging-2029
http://www.ted.com/themes/might_you_live_a_great_deal_longer.html
http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/07/sierra-sciences-working-towards.html
http://www.sens.org/sens-research/research-themes
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3329065877451441972#
http://www.nature.com/news/2010/101128/full/news.2010.635.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/nov/28/scientists-reverse-ageing-mice-humans
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-06-biologists-yeast-cells-reverse-aging.html
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-06-dna-reverse-premature-aging.html

The economic benefits:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid_mining
>At 1997 prices, a relatively small metallic asteroid with a diameter of 1 mile contains more than $20 trillion US dollars worth of industrial and precious metals.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_Earth_Objects#Near-Earth_asteroids
>As of May 2010, 7,075 near-Earth asteroids are known,[14] ranging in size up to ~32 kilometers (1036 Ganymed).[16] The number of near-Earth asteroids over one kilometer in diameter is estimated to be 500 - 1,000.

>>3911216
If you substitute tidally-locked planet with space habitats, before 21 or Mercury. Also before 2500. As for other worlds, I don't know how far away vi00. If you want to live on a very slowly rotating planet, either Venusable habitable planets such as that would be. I would still say before 3000AD.

>>3666512
This.

I mean /sci/ is not united on this issue. Everybody has their own social and economic structure they prefer.

>>3432512
Alex Jones the shouty guy? Does he acutally support eugenics? That amazes me because he's popular with all those redneck idiots.

Simple eugenics question, which of the following options would result in a better world:

* Take the top 20% best people in the world
* Take a completely random 20% of people in the world

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Now think about that next time you pull that "eugenics would never work because genetic diversity makes everyone happy"

the world is overpopulated and rapidly getting worse. 1 billion new humans in the last ten years. 10 billion by 2050.

bump thread to raise awarness.